Folding box.



A. POKORNY.

Patented Sept 22. 1914.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY l ANTON roxoiuiir, or" MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

' roLDING' Box.

Application filed July 31, 1913. Serial no. 782,216;

To all whom it may concern I Be it known? that I, ANTON, PoKoniiY, a citizen of the United States otAmerlca, re-v siding at Milwaukee, in the county of Mllwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new' and useful Improve-- ments in Folding Boxes, of Which'the folj lowing is specification, reference being bad therein-to theaccompanying drawing.

This invention relates-to a folding box, and the objects of my invention are, first to provide a collapsible box that willpresent a rigid structure when set vup whereby it vcanbe used for *transporting'various kinds.

of merchan-dise; second a collapsible box that can beconjstrueted on the principle of the crate and used forhpoultry-and fruit; third a collapsiblebox comprising compara- L tively few-parts that are easy to manipulate whensetting upor knocking down the box,

ffourth a,strongyanddurablecollapsible box specifically described I and then claimed. Reference will nowbe hadto the drawing "wherein:-

'that is highlyflefiicient for the purpose for which it is inteiided. Ijattaiii the above objects by mechanical construction to be hereinafter ,Figure 1' is a perspective of the box in a set up position, .13 ig. 2 is an end view of the same collapsed, Fig. 3gis a front elevation of the bo x collapsed, and Fig; i is a perspective View of a ,portion of the col- Y lapsed box.

. ,Asbox in accordance .with thisj 'invention comprises a base plate 1 andconneotedto the ends of said baseplate by hinges 2 are end walls3 that are, adapted to :fold: in

l topics or t hls p atent may be obtaine d for ardly uponthe inner side of the base plate of the base platel byhinges iaregsectional' 1. Connected to the ,front Tandrear edges side walls, comprising sections 5 and 6 that "are hinged together, as at 7. The sectional side Walls are adapted to be collapsed upon the bottom side of the baseplate l, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Alid 8 is hinged, as at 9, to the upperedge of one of said 'side Walls and said lid canbe folded upon the collapsed side walls- The inner sides of the side walls,

at the ends and at the upper edges thereof are provided with pivoted hooks 10 to engagein staples 11, carriedby the inner sides of theend alls 3 at the upper edges thereof, said hooks and staples constituting means for maintaining the end and side One embodiment of my invention has been illustrated, but it is to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible to such changes as fall within the scope of the appended claim.

'lVhat I claim is A folding box comprising a bottom plate, end walls hinged to said bottom plate and adapted to fold inwardly upon the top of "said bottom plate,- sectional side walls hinged to vsaid bottom plate and having the sections thereof hinged together whereby said side. Walls can be folded upon the bottom side of said bottom plate, a lid hinged I Specificatien of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 1914 i to theuppe'r edge of one of said side Walls and capable of being 'folded upon sa-id col lapsed side Walls, and hooks and staples in connection Withthe upper edges o'f said side and end Walls for maintaining a rigid setup box. I V

' In testimony whereof I my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

. ANTONPOKORNY.

, l/vitnessesz FRANK VALIN, FRANK ASPANHEHEL.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, no." N

p 55 walls rigid and the box in a set up position. 

